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Quotation from The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
“for as it is not one swallow or one fine day that makes a spring, so it is not one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy”
The Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, Chapter VII, trans. D. P. Chase
Aristotle qualifies his account of happiness by insisting that a whole life, not a single moment, must be considered.
Citation: "for as it is not one swallow or one fine day that makes a spring, so it is not one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy" — Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, Chapter VII, trans. D. P. Chase. (id the-nicomachean-ethics-q1)
Virtues: Industry
Portrait: Aristotle Altemps Inv8575, After Lysippos, Public domain.
